diff --git a/clients/meson.build b/clients/meson.build
index 8fd15a92..154f2e50 100644
--- a/clients/meson.build
+++ b/clients/meson.build
@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@ simple_clients = [
 			xdg_shell_protocol_c,
 			weston_direct_display_client_protocol_h,
 			weston_direct_display_protocol_c,
-			fullscreen_shell_unstable_v1_client_protocol_h,
-			fullscreen_shell_unstable_v1_protocol_c,
 		],
 		'dep_objs': [
 			dep_wayland_client,
diff --git a/clients/simple-dmabuf-egl.c b/clients/simple-dmabuf-egl.c
index 77573129..9989497e 100644
--- a/clients/simple-dmabuf-egl.c
+++ b/clients/simple-dmabuf-egl.c
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 #include "shared/weston-drm-fourcc.h"
 #include <libweston/zalloc.h>
 #include "xdg-shell-client-protocol.h"
-#include "fullscreen-shell-unstable-v1-client-protocol.h"
 #include "linux-dmabuf-unstable-v1-client-protocol.h"
 #include "weston-direct-display-client-protocol.h"
 #include "linux-explicit-synchronization-unstable-v1-client-protocol.h"
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ struct display {
 	struct wl_registry *registry;
 	struct wl_compositor *compositor;
 	struct xdg_wm_base *wm_base;
-	struct zwp_fullscreen_shell_v1 *fshell;
 	struct zwp_linux_dmabuf_v1 *dmabuf;
 	struct weston_direct_display_v1 *direct_display;
 	struct zwp_linux_explicit_synchronization_v1 *explicit_sync;
@@ -680,11 +678,6 @@ create_window(struct display *display, int width, int height, int opts)
 
 		window->wait_for_configure = true;
 		wl_surface_commit(window->surface);
-	} else if (display->fshell) {
-		zwp_fullscreen_shell_v1_present_surface(display->fshell,
-							window->surface,
-							ZWP_FULLSCREEN_SHELL_V1_PRESENT_METHOD_DEFAULT,
-							NULL);
 	} else {
 		assert(0);
 	}
@@ -1073,9 +1066,6 @@ registry_handle_global(void *data, struct wl_registry *registry,
 		d->wm_base = wl_registry_bind(registry,
 					      id, &xdg_wm_base_interface, 1);
 		xdg_wm_base_add_listener(d->wm_base, &xdg_wm_base_listener, d);
-	} else if (strcmp(interface, "zwp_fullscreen_shell_v1") == 0) {
-		d->fshell = wl_registry_bind(registry,
-					     id, &zwp_fullscreen_shell_v1_interface, 1);
 	} else if (strcmp(interface, "zwp_linux_dmabuf_v1") == 0) {
 		if (version < 3)
 			return;
@@ -1126,9 +1116,6 @@ destroy_display(struct display *display)
 	if (display->wm_base)
 		xdg_wm_base_destroy(display->wm_base);
 
-	if (display->fshell)
-		zwp_fullscreen_shell_v1_release(display->fshell);
-
 	if (display->compositor)
 		wl_compositor_destroy(display->compositor);